Is Walkers Wotsits Giants Flamin Hot ultra-processed?

130g Corn chips Sold in the United Kingdom

Yes, it's ultra-processed

1 Unprocessed
2 Kitchen staple
3 Processed
4 Ultra-processed

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

Fructose
E160c Paprika extract
E621 Monosodium glutamate
E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide

18 ingredients
5 additives
Nutri-Score D

Less processed corn chips

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

Corn (Maize), Rapeseed Oil, Sweet and Spi Sugar, Sodium Acetates, Malic Acid, Flavour Enhan Monosodium Glutamate, Disodium 5'-Ribonucleotide (ultra-processing marker), Fla, Fructose (ultra-processing marker), Soya Sauce (processing marker) (com Wheat), Salt (processing marker), Onion Powder, Hydrolysed Vegetable Protein Soya, Garlic Powder, Paprika Extract (ultra-processing marker), Sulphite Am Caramel

Additives: E160c Paprika extract , E262 Sodium acetates , E296 Malic acid , E621 Monosodium glutamate , E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide

Also detected, but not matched to one ingredient: E621 Monosodium glutamate.

As written on the pack

Corn (Maize), Rapeseed Oil, Sweet and Spi Sugar, Acids (Sodium Acetates, Malic Acid), Flavour Enhan Monosodium Glutamate, Disodium 5'-Ribonucleotide), Fla (contains Soya, Wheat), Fructose, Soya Sauce Powder (com Wheat), Salt, Onion Powder, Hydrolysed Vegetable Protein Soya), Garlic Powder, Colours (Paprika Extract, Sulphite Am Caramel)] Allergy Advice Contains: See highlighted ingredients May Contain: Milk, Gluten, Barley, Celery, Mustard

What makes it ultra-processed

Cosmetic additives

Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.

E160c Paprika extract Paprika extract is a red-orange colour extracted from paprika peppers.
E621 Monosodium glutamate Monosodium glutamate (MSG) is the sodium salt of glutamic acid, made by fermentation and used to strengthen savoury taste.
E635 Disodium 5'-ribonucleotide A food additive authorised for industrial food production.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.

3 ingredients that would only make it processed

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

Salty snacks Products in the category "Salty snacks" are at least group 3.
Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 359 corn chips

From least to most processed, this one ranks 264th. 46% of the corn chips here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 359 corn chips, least processed first

About this information

Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 5000328202464, last edited 29 September 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of D (from A, best, to E).
General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.